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Definition of Essene

Essene
Essene Es*sene", n.; pl. Essenes. [Gr. ?, lit., physicians, because they practiced medicine, fr. Chald [=a]say[=a] to heal, cf. Heb. as[=a].] One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.

Meaning of Essene from wikipedia

- The Essenes (/ˈɛsiːnz, ɛˈsiːnz/; Hebrew: אִסִּיִים‎, Isiyim; Gr****: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) were a mystic Jewish sect...
- philosopher, psychologist and natural living enthusiast. Szekely aut****d The Essene Gospel of Peace, which he claimed he had translated from an ancient text...
- of the late Second Temple period, which most scholars identify with the Essenes; however, other Jewish groups were also suggested. It was occupied most...
- additional added flour; some are made with added gluten; and some, such as Essene bread and Ezekiel bread (after an ancient bread formula found in the Tanakh...
- scrolls with the Essenes well before any excavations at Qumran. The Qumran–Essene theory holds that the scrolls were written by the Essenes, or by another...
- Eric J. Essene (April 26, 1939, Berkeley, California – May 20, 2011, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor emeritus of geosciences and a metamorphic petrologist...
- and the Essenes.: vi, ix  Similar to the Essenes, it is forbidden for a Mandaean to reveal the names of the angels to a gentile.: 94  Essene graves are...
- Menahem the Essene (Hebrew: מנחם) was a Jewish tanna sage living during the era of the Zugot (lit. "pairs"). As such, he was "paired" with Hillel the Elder...
- Do****ent. This do****ent speaks briefly of the origins of the sect, probably Essenes, 390 years after the reign of Nebuchadnezzar (d. 562 BC) and after 20 years...
- contrast to the two other major sects at the time, the Pharisees and the Essenes. Josephus, writing at the end of the 1st century CE, ****ociates the sect...